Dave LaPoint
David Jeffrey LaPoint
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 29, 1959 in Glens Falls, NY
High School: Glens Falls (Glens Falls, NY)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 10th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1980
Final Game: April 20, 1991
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1980 MIL AL 20 P 5 3 15.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.86 0.76
1981 STL NL 21 P 3 2 10.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.53 1.00 .967 1.94 0.67
1982 STL NL 22 P 42 21 152.2 16 2 13 1 0 .938 0.88 0.36 .950 1.96 0.70 RoY-8
1983 STL NL 23 P 37 29 191.1 35 11 24 0 1 1.000 1.65 0.95 .949 1.92 0.68
1984 STL NL 24 P 33 33 193.0 26 2 23 1 4 .962 1.17 0.76 .954 1.88 0.67
1985 SFG NL 25 P 31 31 206.2 32 8 23 1 1 .969 1.35 1.00 .953 1.92 0.68
1986 TOT MLB 26 P 40 12 129.0 22 5 16 1 2 .955 1.47 0.53 .959 1.88 0.67
1986 DET AL 26 P 16 8 67.2 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.33 0.63 .960 1.84 0.68
1986 SDP NL 26 P 24 4 61.1 12 3 8 1 1 .917 1.61 0.46 .958 1.94 0.66
1987 TOT MLB 27 P 20 14 98.2 29 2 26 1 0 .966 2.55 1.40 .955 1.85 0.66
1987 STL NL 27 P 6 2 16.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.50 .967 1.91 0.62
1987 CHW AL 27 P 14 12 82.2 26 2 23 1 0 .962 2.72 1.79 .954 1.84 0.67
1988 TOT MLB 28 P 33 33 213.1 32 7 24 1 1 .969 1.31 0.94 .959 1.82 0.68
1988 CHW AL 28 P 25 25 161.1 19 2 16 1 1 .947 1.00 0.72 .963 1.78 0.67
1988 PIT NL 28 P 8 8 52.0 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.25 1.63 .954 1.96 0.69
1989 NYY AL 29 P 20 20 113.2 12 2 10 0 1 1.000 0.95 0.60 .958 1.87 0.66
1990 NYY AL 30 P 28 27 157.2 31 6 23 2 3 .935 1.66 1.04 .955 1.78 0.59
1991 PHI NL 31 P 2 2 5.0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 3.60 1.00 .967 1.80 0.60
12 Seasons P 294 227 1486.2 241 46 186 9 13 .963 1.40 0.79 .955 1.88 0.67
12 Seasons TOT 294 227 1486.2 241 46 186 9 13 .963 1.40 0.79 .917 1.88 0.67
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1980 MIL AL 20 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 STL NL 21 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 STL NL 22 42 21 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 STL NL 23 37 29 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 STL NL 24 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 SFG NL 25 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 SDP NL 26 24 4 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 DET AL 26 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CHW AL 27 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 STL NL 27 6 2 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 CHW AL 28 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 PIT NL 28 8 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 NYY AL 29 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 NYY AL 30 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 PHI NL 31 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 294 132 186 294 294 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1980 MIL AL 20 80 78% 18% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 STL NL 21 46 85% 28% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1982 STL NL 22 686 80% 26% 13 92% 0 2 0 2 14 10 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1983 STL NL 23 866 77% 21% 24 92% 0 11 0 9 24 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 100%
1984 STL NL 24 874 76% 29% 23 96% 0 2 0 2 23 16 4 1 0 1 0 1 4 4 4 0 1 100%
1985 SFG NL 25 925 79% 28% 22 100% 1 8 1 4 21 16 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 100%
1986 SDP NL 26 280 76% 28% 11 82% 0 3 0 3 9 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 83%
1986 DET AL 26 323 79% 30% 8 100% 0 2 0 2 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1987 CHW AL 27 352 79% 32% 24 92% 0 2 0 2 23 20 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1987 STL NL 27 81 84% 40% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1988 CHW AL 28 696 82% 35% 17 94% 0 2 0 1 16 11 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1988 PIT NL 28 223 87% 34% 9 100% 2 4 0 3 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 NYY AL 29 535 82% 30% 12 67% 0 3 0 3 9 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 67%
1990 NYY AL 30 713 82% 32% 24 79% 1 6 0 5 23 13 3 2 0 0 2 2 3 2 3 0 12 67%
1991 PHI NL 31 35 71% 17% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
12 Seasons 6715 79% 29% 195 91% 4 46 2 36 185 131 19 9 0 4 5 7 13 10 11 2 50 82%
MLB Averages 78% 28% 92% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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